Egypt billionaire says ‘stagnation’ stops him investing
One of Egypt's wealthiest businessmen said he had not invested any of the $500 million he pledged to his country in March because of the slow pace of reforms promised…
Egypt destroys symbol of old regime but repression lives on
Metres from the epicentre of Egypt's uprising, bulldozers tear chunks of concrete and twisted metal from what remains of the headquarters of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's now disbanded party. During…
Egypt’s injustice system
Perhaps those of us who have denounced Egyptian exceptionalism as a farce spoke too quickly. Egypt may be, after all, the only nation in the world with a justice system…
Egypt clamps down on campuses over new unrest fears
As the new academic term began in Egypt, riot police were standing guard at Cairo's universities to quash any repeat of Islamist-led protests that turned campuses nation-wide into battlefields. The…
Deadly shipwreck fails to deter migrants in Egypt
A twist of fate stopped Abu Fahd boarding a doomed migrant boat that sank off Malta with hundreds aboard, but the Syrian and his family are already plotting another perilous…
More people, less water mean rising food imports for Egypt
In the north-west corner of the Nile Delta, Ibrahim Sharaf Al-Dein fires up his diesel-powered pump next to a murky canal only to watch it spew out a yellowish froth.…
Wary US unlikely to restore full Egypt aid soon
As Egypt prepares to swear in its fourth leader since 2011, a huge slice of $1.5 billion in US aid remains in deep-freeze amid fears the nation is sliding back…
Egypt and Syria look more dynamic than this circus
This is not a dysfunctional government. If it were just that we would be lucky. Being dysfunctional implies room for improvement – the stalled engine being made to work. What…
Huge housing deal may signal Gulf investment push into Egypt
A $40 billion deal for Dubai firm Arabtec to build one million homes in Egypt may mark the start of politically-inspired Gulf investment in the country's creaking infrastructure, from housing…
Egypt’s bread ‘smart cards’: financial miracle for age-old problem?
A device resembling a credit card swiper is revolutionising some of Egypt's politically explosive bread lines and may help achieve the impossible - cutting crippling food import bills. Authorities who…
